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Thought this was a unique looking dogface
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 12:47 pm
by purplecandle
Just thought I would post this dogface, I thought he was pretty unique looking. Sale is on eBay and ends in 24 hours
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BLACK-DOGFACE-P ... 257a01e658
Re: Thought this was a unique looking dogface
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 12:58 pm
by Pufftastic
Very pretty! Great coloring.
Re: Thought this was a unique looking dogface
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 1:00 pm
by Tim
Arothron
ninjapunctatus?
Re: Thought this was a unique looking dogface
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 1:04 pm
by purplecandle
Tim wrote:Arothron
ninjapunctatus?
Re: Thought this was a unique looking dogface
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 6:27 pm
by *GSP*Fan*
I love the looks of the dogface puffers.
Hopefully one day I can have one of my own
Tim wrote:Arothron
ninjapunctatus?
Thats great
Re: Thought this was a unique looking dogface
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:42 am
by bertie 83
I wonder if that is natural colouring though, it almost looks like he has been painted. Maybe one for Corvus
Re: Thought this was a unique looking dogface
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:58 am
by Tim
bertie 83 wrote:I wonder if that is natural colouring though, it almost looks like he has been painted. Maybe one for Corvus
Not an uncommon practice to put dye in the fish sadly enough.
Re: Thought this was a unique looking dogface
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:22 am
by Flutter
Neat!
Re: Thought this was a unique looking dogface
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:58 am
by purplecandle
bertie 83 wrote:I wonder if that is natural colouring though, it almost looks like he has been painted. Maybe one for Corvus
It says it is a color morph only found near some islands. I wonder if it is possible to dye/paint a puffer with their thick skin?
Re: Thought this was a unique looking dogface
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 12:34 pm
by Pufftastic
purplecandle wrote:bertie 83 wrote:I wonder if that is natural colouring though, it almost looks like he has been painted. Maybe one for Corvus
It says it is a color morph only found near some islands. I wonder if it is possible to dye/paint a puffer with their thick skin?
I wonder too. I kind of doubt it.
Re: Thought this was a unique looking dogface
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 2:05 pm
by Tim
Pufftastic wrote:purplecandle wrote:bertie 83 wrote:I wonder if that is natural colouring though, it almost looks like he has been painted. Maybe one for Corvus
It says it is a color morph only found near some islands. I wonder if it is possible to dye/paint a puffer with their thick skin?
I wonder too. I kind of doubt it.
It's been done to Porcupine Puffers iirc
Re: Thought this was a unique looking dogface
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 2:41 pm
by Corvus
purplecandle wrote:bertie 83 wrote:I wonder if that is natural colouring though, it almost looks like he has been painted. Maybe one for Corvus
It says it is a color morph only found near some islands...
True. Not totally restricted to the Solomon Islands AFAIK, but found there.
Re: Thought this was a unique looking dogface
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 2:44 pm
by Corvus
Oh, and I doubt puffers are dyed. Young Diodon spp. can be quite colorful in nature. But I'm not 100% sure, too often people have surprised me with doing stupid things.
Re: Thought this was a unique looking dogface
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 2:51 pm
by defool89
Tim,
Are you talking about the red porc someone posted here a while back?
Re: Thought this was a unique looking dogface
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 3:05 pm
by Tim
defool89 wrote:Tim,
Are you talking about the red porc someone posted here a while back?
Not specifically, just random talk at the LFS some time ago when they had a blue porcupine puffer. Not to say the blue one was dyed, but they mentioned porcs occasionally being dyed, at least before. No idea about today. In truth I am not sure if it was true
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